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Authors
Falquez, Marite
Canessa-Rojas, Adriana
Lanata-Flores, Antonio
Espinoza-Carrasco, Freddy
Cherrez-Ojeda, Ivan
Robles-Velasco, Karla
Faytong-Haro, Marco
Reytor-González, Claudia
Simancas-Racines, Daniel
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Article History
Received: 15 May 2024
Accepted: 19 November 2024
First Online: 8 January 2025
Declarations
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: According to Article 43, Letter b of the regulation for the approval and monitoring of the ethics committee of human beings of Ecuador, investigations using open or public data are considered risk free. Nevertheless, we evaluated the necessity of IRB (Institutional Review Board) approval according to the UEES Institutional Review Board guidelines. According to their guidelines, as there was no direct interaction with human subjects and the dataset was available in the public domain, this project did not require IRB approval.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
